[mythtv-users] 4:3cco MPEG2->MPEG2 transcoding

[David Brodbeck]

On Dec 7, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> It always seemed odd to me that an incoming mpeg2 stream couldn't  
> be output as
> mpeg2, it had to end up as nuppelvideo.

It can under very specific circumstances.  For example, if you have  
an MPEG2 stream with a cutlist, and do a lossless transcode, it will  
still be MPEG2.  Anything that involves manipulating the video (other  
than just removing frames) ends up a a Nuppelvideo file, though.